Auburn’s ‘best fit’ defense of Chizik looks lame

Auburn’s ‘best fit’ defense of Chizik looks lame

Auburn’s best defense against charges of racism in hiring a football coach is its administration’s track record of color-blind incompetence.

Tommy Tuberville is extremely white and extremely successful, but the school inexplicably paid $5.1 million to buy him out and replace him with Gene Chizik. At Iowa State, Chizik went 5-19, making him on paper one of the worst SEC hires in years.
If you think that was smart, not even one of Auburn’s famous “directed-reading” classes can save you.
The program has spun into controversy, ranging from fans depressed about the prospects of future losses to alums outraged at possible discrimination.

In the process of hiring Chizik, Auburn snubbed two prime African-American candidates.

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12/16/08